Open Source Community
Eric S. Raymond’s “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” contained what has become known as Linus’ Law: “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” Every Psychology 101 textbook, however, also describes The Bystander Effect, or Diffusion of Responsibility whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when others are present. Heartbleed faught Linus’ Law and Heartbleed won.